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IRELAND, WILLIAM (ca. 1742-?). BORN: ca.
1742 in Calvert County. NATIVE: at least fourth
generation. RESIDED: in Calvert County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: William Ireland (ca. 1714-
1775), clerk of Calvert County, 1749-1775.
BROTHERS: Joseph; Gilbert (?-1784), who mar-
ried Eleanor. She later married Rezin Estep. SIS-
TER: Margaret. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
probably literate. OCCUPATION AL PROFILE: planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Calvert County, 1783. LOCAL OFFICES:
justice, Calvert County, 1773-1787 (declined to
serve); subscription officer, Continental Loan Of-
fice, Calvert County, appointed 1779; justice, Or-
phans' Court, Calvert County, commissioned 1781;
judge, Court of Appeals for Tax Assessment,
Calvert County, appointed 1786. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed Value
£993.15.0, including 29 slaves and 27 oz. plate,
1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 615 acres in Cal-
vert County, including a water mill (probably in-
herited 295 acres from father, bought 320 acres).
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: date and place un-
known. Ireland was living in Calvert County in
1787.
JACKSON, GEORGE (1758-1798). BORN: in 1758,
probably in Kent County; eldest son. NATIVE:
probably, if so at least second generation. RE-
SIDED. Upper District, Queen Anne's County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: probably Benja-
min Jackson (?-1774), of Kent County. MOTHER:
Mary (?-1784), of Kent County. BROTHER: Wil-
liam, a cabinetmaker of Queen Anne's County.
HALF BROTHER: Thomas Murphy, of Queen
Anne's County. HALF SISTER: Elizabeth Taylor.
MARRIED by 1791 Ann (?-ca. 1797), daughter of
Isaac Perkins (1743-1791). Her brothers or half
brothers were Ebenezer (1767-?); William. Her
sisters or half sisters were Araminta (1765-by
1798), who married Josiah Johnson (?-1804);
Sarah; and Mary (ca. 1781-?). CHILDREN. SON:
Isaac (ca. 1796-1832), who married Sarah Eliz-
abeth (last name unknown). PRIVATE CAREER. ED-
UCATION, literate. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: Esq., by 1784. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE.
mentioned as storekeeper in 1784; merchant by
1783 to his death. Jackson's will specifically men-
tions his partnership with George Vansant Mann,
and the companies of Mann & Jackson and George
Jackson & Co. In 1780-1781 warrants were is-
sued for the arrest of both Jackson and Mann,
who were accused of selling grain to the British.
George Jackson was acquitted of the charges, but
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George Vansant Mann was sent to prison in Bal-
timore. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Queen Anne's County, 1785, 1786-
1787 (Claims 1), 1787-1788 (Claims 1). LOCAL
OFFICES, trustee of the poor, Queen Anne's
County, 1788; commissioner to build courthouse
and jail, Queen Anne's County, 1788; justice,
Queen Anne's County, 1789 to at least 1794.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: in his Will he
specified that two slaves be freed when they
reached the ages of 25 and 28 respectively. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 4 slaves,
1790. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: C8. 200 acres in
Queen Anne's and Kent counties (owned 3 acres
in Queen Anne's County, 1783; purchased un-
specified amount of land at the head of the Ches-
ter River and possibly lots in Sandtown, Queen
Anne's County, 1784; inherited 190 acres of land
in Kent County from his mother, 1784). SIGNIF
ICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH, purchased unspecified amount
of land in Queen Anne's County, 1789. Sold 2
lots in Sandtown, Queen Anne's County, 1795.
Probably inherited a plantation in Kent County,
Delaware, from his father-in-law, 1794. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED, by November 9, 1798, in Kent
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, $2,439.86
(including 9 slaves and a parcel of books); FB,
$113.69. LAND: at least 200 acres in Queen Anne's
and Kent counties, and a plantation in Kent
County, Delaware.
JACKSON, HENRY (?-1794). BORN: in Eng-
land. IMMIGRATED: by 1771 from Workington,
England. RESIDED, probably at "Beckford," on
the eastern shore of the Manokin River across
from Princess Anne Town, Princess Anne
Hundred, Somerset County, 1771-1793; "Wor-
kington," on Back Creek, Somerset County, 1793-
1794. FAMILY BACKGROUND. BROTHER. Robert.
NEPHEW: John Jackson. MARRIED by 1779 Eliza-
beth (1745-?), daughter of Capt. Samuel Wilson
(?-1750) and wife Martha Woolford. Elizabeth
was the niece of David Wilson (1704-1750). Her
brothers were Levin Wilson (1735-1791); Thomas
Wilson (1737-ca. 1766); George Wilson (1739-
1779); and Samuel Wilson (1747-?). Her cousin
was Samuel Wilson (1735-1790). CHILDREN. SONS:
George Wilson; Robert. DAUGHTERS: Eleanor
(Elinor) Wilson, who married John Dennis (1771-
1806), son of Littleton Dennis (ca. 1728-1774);
Ann Wilson, who married Arnold Elzey Jones
(1785-1839) of "Elmwood" on the Manokin,
Somerset County; and Leah, who married Levin
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